Medical Mysteries
By Ann Reynolds and Kenneth Wapner

DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE GIRL WHO IS ALLERGIC TO WATER?

Ann Reynolds and Kenneth Wapner’s new book MEDICAL MYSTERIES: From the Bizarre to the Deadly. . . The Cases that Have Baffled Doctors (Hyperion; August 4, 2009; Trade Paperback; $14.99)

Did you know that a particular form of paralysis can be set off by eating pizza? From the files of the hit ABC primetime show Medical Mysteries comes this impossible-to-put-down MEDICAL MYSTERIES: From the Bizarre to the Deadly. . . The Cases That Have Baffled Doctors, a collection that provides an examination of real-life medical oddities that will shock and amaze you. This compendium of medical riddles shares the powerful stories of ordinary people who live through symptoms they’ve never expected and the doctors who meticulously untangle disorders in the hopes of providing comfort, relief, and a cure for their patients.